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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.13.10

అవ్యక్తలిఙ్గో వ్యక్తార్థో మనీష్యున్మత్తబాలవత్ । కవిర్మూకవదాత్మానం స ద‍ృష్టయ‍ా దర్శయేన్నృణామ్ ॥ ౧౦ ॥
avyakta-liṅgo vyaktārtho
[avyakta-lingo vyaktaartho]
manīṣy unmatta-bālavat
[maneeshy unmatta-baalavat]
kavir mūkavad ātmānaṁ
[kavir mookavad aatmaanam]
sa dṛṣṭyā darśayen nṛṇām
[sa drishtyaa darshayen nrinaam]
Word-for-word
avyakta-liṅgaḥ — whose symptoms of sannyāsa are unmanifested vyakta-arthaḥ — whose purpose is manifested manīṣī — such a great saintly person unmatta — restless bāla-vat — like a boy kaviḥ — a great poet or orator mūka-vat — like a dumb man ātmānam — himself saḥ — he dṛṣṭyā — by example darśayet — should present nṛṇām — to human society.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
avyakta-liṅgo vyaktārtho
avyakta-liṅgaḥ
whose symptoms of sannyāsa are unmanifested
vyakta-arthaḥ
whose purpose is manifested
manīṣy unmatta-bālavat
manīṣī
such a great saintly person
unmatta
restless
bāla-vat
like a boy
kavir mūkavad ātmānaṁ
kaviḥ
a great poet or orator
mūka-vat
like a dumb man
ātmānam
himself
sa dṛṣṭyā darśayen nṛṇām
saḥ
he
dṛṣṭyā
by example
darśayet
should present
nṛṇām
to human society.
Although a saintly person may not expose himself to the vision of human society, by his behavior his purpose is disclosed. To human society he should present himself like a restless child, and although he is the greatest thoughtful orator, he should present himself like a dumb man.
Purport

A great personality very much advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness may not expose himself by the signs of a sannyāsī. To cover himself, he may live like a restless child or a dumb person, although he is the greatest orator or poet.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Although a saintly person may not expose himself to the vision of human society, his purpose is clear. Though he is wise, he should externally present himself like a retarded child to human society, and though, eloquent, he should present himself like a dumb man. He becomes like this in order to avoid falling from his concentration. He does not have the external characteristics of the sannyāsī, but he is fixed in his purpose of seeking ātmā.
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